hey y'all welcome to what's cooking with
Paula Dean today and I've got my little
friend that's going to be popping in
today to show me how she makes her
breakfast casserole I've made many a
breakfast casserole but I don't think
I've ever made it Jenna's way so y'all
sit down grab a cup of coffee and watch
how Jenna does
it y'all are not going to believe the
guests that I've got in the kitchen with
me today uh not only is she young and
beautiful she's also smart and she can
cook y'all like I said you're not gonna
believe her story so I'm so happy that
you're here with me today uh her name is
Jenna Canard and she is an executive
chef in Fort Worth in Fort Worth Texas
Jenna's doing the cooking today y'all so
uh I'm really looking forward to the
dish that she's going to be preparing
for us I I heard a little bit about but
what is it something it was actually one
of the first dishes I ever created and
really it really and I'm I'm really
obsessed with the Savory meat sweet side
of things and so that's what I'm doing
for you today good well if I can help
you just let me know absolutely right
now I've got some sweet potato tots that
are working in the oven what I'm going
to do is I'm going to actually cook off
some of the sweet Italian sausage uhhuh
going to cook some bacon and crumble P
that up too once that's finished Okay
cooking well I can help you out with a
bacon now you don't want to food with
could you help me out with that that
would be
great look look how I cook
it in my deep frer you are not I mean I
can have breakfast made for 20 people in
just just a second I'm not kidding I
love it I am not kidding it's the deep
fryer and you can see Gus Gus smells
some meat already he's ready he's going
to hang in here with us and just hope we
drop something
Jenna and here comes
Max good morning so have you got a name
for this dish other than good you know
why why don't we just call it good I
don't have a name for it you don't I
think good the perfect name for it yes
good we'll call it good um look at that
that oh my gosh it's perfect I'm going
to just oh that is look at that look at
that so now I'm just going to throw in
some onion and get that caramelizing in
there with the fat of the sausage it's
going to be so good it is going to be so
good what kind of onions do you use in
Texas you know I usually just go for the
yellow onion me too tell me about these
that y'all have here though well now it
via onions grow right down the road in
Via Georgia and you know it said that
they can't produce a via anywhere but
there in that soil and it's the kind of
onion you can go out in the field peel
and eat it right then really so
wonderfully sweet and aromatic and just
like delicious there's nothing better
than a mayonnaise and onion sandwich on
good fresh white bread that sticks to
the for your mouth you know never had
one of
those good it's so
good and I'm getting ready my my butter
and cream cheese is almost melted all
the way down gosh what an easy way to
make an I mean really is you just throw
it in there now I'm about to throw in my
parmesan cheese so you don't have to
worry about this breaking or anything no
you just toss it all in here
and you know put it on a low simmer and
just let it work its magic
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all right Jenna I love to see a cook
with a utensil in this hand a utensil in
this hand and you just go at it
the all you have to do is add your milk
right that's right mil and if you want
to beat while pour oh that's perfect
perfect try not to make a mess do you
want all oops and making a
mess just a little out of time there and
that's yeah good yes ma'am get all that
in there beat it on up look at that it's
just turning into this creamy delicious
it's got a pouring spout but it didn't
pour too good did
it I actually developed an eating
disorder it ended up consuming my life
though and um I remember one night not
being able to sleep and making my way
downstairs turning on the TV and and
Paula always had a special that played
overnight and watching her um kind of
changed everything for me one day I
decided you know I was sick and tired of
being sick and tired I had enough and I
was going to get better I was going to
get healthy and it was the hardest thing
I think I had ever had to do but I
believe that God placed Paula in my life
as that Beacon of Hope for me I'm very
grateful for her and so glad to be
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it's me Paula on positively Paula and
I've got the cutest girl in the kitchen
with me today y'all her name is Jenna
Gard she is making us a dish y'all she
just made an alfredo sauce and she has
browned some it sweet Italian sausage
the sweet potato tots just came out of
the oven they're piping hot I fried her
some bacon in the deep fryer she saves
this recipe for family and friends and
people she loves a lot I do so I can't
thank her enough for sharing this recipe
with me and my friends today I cannot
wait for you to try it and we're we're
almost done here okay well good I I'm
ready to eat I'm just going to take this
bacon that you deep fry I'm going to C
look look how see it's like crispy
through and through it's so easy to
crumble or yes oh my yeah don't you love
bacon how good is that thank you w you
don't want to let go of it do you it's
too good that's too good that's
good I was wonder why why those eggs
were out oh I'm about to get them going
over
here and I just like to put so this is a
good brunch dish oh it is it is and I I
love you know what breakfast brunch are
my two favorite meals of the day yes
just love some good
eggs and I'm going to give
you what is
it who's
here they act like we got company all
right I'm going to I'm going to give you
um my grandmother's spatula to flip your
eggs with Jenna what does that what does
that
say ell
y
1945 yes two years this was made two
years before I was born oh and this is
the spatula that Grandma used in her
restaurant PA so if there was a fire I
would grab this oh my gosh what an
absolute honor thank you so I almost
feel like I like this is I can someone L
that yes it that
uh I get to think about my grandmother
every day in her kitchen pulling those
great big hams out of the oven and she
had a cook that worked with her his name
was Sam m and uh between the two of them
they were these most fabulous Southern
Cooks isn't the kitchen a great place to
um to make memories it really is and
look back on
memories these are a little ugly no
they're not ugly I love them they look
like a homemade egg I'm going to go
ahead and top this with this creamy
alfredo sauce now okay I'm just going to
drizzle it on
that would you let those tater tots just
kind of absorb that creamy goodness yes
and oh I cooked your eggs how you like
them Paula we don't have any runny white
yolk I'm just going to put those right
there I'm going to go ahead you still
got some run
girl look Michael would love that yeah
get that runny yolk in there yes oh it's
the best okay yes you you dip it the way
you like it
okay look at that that that heat from
all that stuff will cook those egg whes
too we'll continue you see I'm worried
about them here I'll go ahead okay oh my
gosh Jenna you know it's one of those
dishes I'm so it may not be the most
beautiful no but to look at but I can
just
imagine how wonderful this
is why want it's pretty hot this is a
wonderful brunch dish it
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is those sweet potato
toch isn't it amazing yum that sweetness
with the salty the bacon and sausage it
just look I'm
going I'm going to bust into my yolk
perfect cooked
egg okay gush you've been such a good
boy he has been oh so patient M oh gosh
look at that
y'all the sweet potatoes and the Alfredo
sauce so good Jenna I'm so glad you like
it PA oh it's so delicious so we have
time for another dish don't we have you
got something up your sleeve oh I do
you're going to don't leave us don't
leave
us if you thought this was good you're
in for a real
treat well what do you think I would
never have thought about putting sweet
potatoes and a breakfast casserole but
it really was
delicious but y'all know how I feel
about my white
potato I do love it just like I love
y'all
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consultation create a space that you're
going to love for details about my
special offer go to Smith and noble.com
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call 1800
659
3300 that's 1 800 659 3300